Allison Janney Quotes
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My style of singing is very much Latin jazz meets Latin and a little bit of rhythm and blues. When I do ballads, my fans love it. They want to listen to my classics. They want to party.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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I'm very passionate about my two Dobermans, Stella and Mr Jonty. I go on and on and on about them, and people have to tell me to shut up before I get out pictures of them.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
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Trust me, you have to fight. When people are wrong, you've got to let them know it.
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I would love to work on a Bond film.
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.
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I've not conducted my life in the service of smallness.
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N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's what New York is about... New.
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To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world.
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One of my favorite snacks is Chobani yogurt with Bear Naked granola, because it has all the nutrients I need; it's all-natural, and it has a lot of protein.
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Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system.
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We may not know the whole story in our lifetime.
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Ensuring that we help prepare all kids for life, college, and work in our knowledge-based economy will require a collaborative, sustained effort from all stakeholders - from the president and the secretary of education on down to states, school districts, principals, teachers, parents, and community members.
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I'm kind of a jack of all trades. I have played all kinds of roles in the theater.
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Do we want in this nation to lose the backbone of manufacturing in this country? Do we want to be a nation that doesn't want to manufacture anything?
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Never give up your day job. I do all sorts of things, but at the end of the day, it all boils down to 'The Today Show,' and I love doing this thing, and they will have to blow me out of here with dynamite before I leave.
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Songwriting was always my 'plan B'. I didn't even know that songwriting was a job until my late teens!
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It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters.
